I know their are 100 post on here about the same thing and you local boys are probably sick of hearing this from everyone, but I just want to experience duck hunting at its finest. I think that was God's plan when he placed different terrain in different parts of the country. I'm coming to you guys for info, advice, and your opinion on what i should do. 1st of all we do have a boat, with a 25hp motor and a pop up blind so we are open to hunting river banks or timber. We have checked into WMA's and we have crossed of Bayou Meto lol all ive heard is negativity about that place. We are coming from kentucky so were trying to stay on the Eastern half of ARK. We would be open if anyone had or know of any private land or pit blinds for weekly lease lol that would be great. I dont mean to annoy anyone It's just our first trip and even though its months away Im chomping at the bit! I think i covered everything thank you for your time! Happy Hunting and God Bless!!!!

I agree with above, my first Arkansas trips were with guides and I learned a lot. Have friends that pull boats each year and they have done well some years and gotten skunked others.

I personally would not recommend you pull all the way to Arkansas without some game plan more solid than " we have a boat and want to hunt river banks... etc". There are big rivers, closed areas of rivers, local "understandings", etc that you need to learn about before you just show up at a landing and put in.

There are many other nice WMA's besides Bayou Meto that you can hunt, but since you are not allowed to be on Arkansas WMA's after hunting hours it is almost impossible to scout them. And scouting during hunting hours is a sure way to not make friends.

Know you are probably going to do it anyway, but this is my 2 cents worth. Good luck and be safe out there.

I do not mean to sound like an alarmist, but these rivers are dangerouse, people drown out here ever year. If you try it on your own, you had better scout during the day to learn the river before you hunt, or it may hurt you. And like he said, don't scout during shooting hours.